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 * Copyright (c) 2009, Hamish Morgan. All rights reserved.
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 */
package locusts.common.entities;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;
import locusts.common.AbstractUniqueObject;

/**
 *
 * @author Hamish Morgan
 */
public class EntityType extends AbstractUniqueObject implements Serializable,
        Cloneable {

    private static final transient String DEFAULT_NAME = "Unnamed Enity Type";
    //
    private String name;
    //

    private EntityType(final int id, final String name) {
        super(id);
        this.name = name;
    }

    public EntityType(final String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public EntityType() {
        this(DEFAULT_NAME);
    }

    private EntityType(final EntityType that) {
        super(that);
        this.name = new String(that.name);
    }

    private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException {
        out.writeUTF(name);
    }

    private void readObject(ObjectInputStream in) throws IOException {
        name = in.readUTF();
    }

    public final String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return name;
    }

    @Override
    public Object clone() {
        return new EntityType(this);
    }
}
